German Origin Place Names

This is a list of place names in which the origin is German. German is the West Germanic language spoken in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and other places.

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Bayern (Political Subdivision) German
German form of Bavaria.

Berlin (Settlement) German, English, French, Polish, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian
City in Germany, the name of which is of uncertain meaning. It is possibly derived from an Old Slavic stem berl- meaning "swamp".

Boll (Settlement) German
From Middle High German meaning "hill". This is the name of several towns in Germany.

Deutschland (Country) German
Derived from German deutsch meaning "German" (ultimately from Germanic *þeudō "people") and Land. This is the German endonym for Germany.

Eesti (Country) Estonian
Estonian form of Estonia.

Estija (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Estonia.

Estland (Country) German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish form of Estonia.

Estonia (Country) English, Italian, Spanish, Indonesian, Malay, Late Roman
From Estonian eesti meaning "Estonian", a word borrowed from Low German in the 17th century. It is of uncertain origin. It could be from a Germanic rendering of the Baltic tribe of the Aesti, mentioned by the Roman historian Tacitus.

Estonija (Country) Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Slovene, Macedonian
Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Slovene and Macedonian form of Estonia.

Estoniya (Country) Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Uzbek
Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik and Uzbek form of Estonia.

Franken (Region) German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
German form of Franconia.

Frankenstein (Settlement) German
From German Franken, the name of the Germanic tribe of the Franks, and Steinn meaning "stone". This is the name of a few small towns in Germany.

Frankreich (Country) German
Derived from German Franken, the name of the Germanic tribe of Franks, and Reich meaning "empire, realm". This is the German name for France.

Frieslande (Region) German
German form of Frisia (using the suffix land).

Griechenland (Country) German
From German Grieche "Greek" and Land. This is the German name for Greece.

Holstein (Political Subdivision & Region) German, English, Dutch
From the name of a Saxon tribe, derived from Old Saxon holt meaning "wood" and the suffix -setio meaning "inhabitant". This is the name of a historical region in Germany, near the Danish border. It forms part of the name of the modern German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

Landau (Settlement) German
From Old High German lant meaning "land" and auwa meaning "damp valley". This is the name of a town in the Palatinate region of Germany.

Leitzkau (Settlement) German
Possibly of Slavic origin. This is the name of a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Meißen (Settlement) German
Probably of Slavic origin. This is the name of a town in eastern Germany.

Meissen (Settlement) German, English, French
Form of Meißen.

Niederlande (Country) German
German cognate of Netherlands. It is usually referred to using the definite article, die.

Norwegen (Country) German
German cognate of Norway.

Ochtrup (Settlement) German
The name of a town in Germany, of uncertain meaning.

Pangäa (Region) German
German form of Pangaea.

Pangaea (Region) English
Created by the German geologist Alfred Wegener in 1915 to refer to a supercontinent that existed over 200 million years ago. He called it in German Pangäa, from Greek πᾶν (pan) meaning "all" and γαῖα (gaia) meaning "earth".

Pangea (Region) Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, English
Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Polish form of Pangaea, as well as an English variant.

Pangée (Region) French
French form of Pangaea.

Pangeia (Region) Portuguese
Portuguese form of Pangaea.

Polen (Country) German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian form of Poland.

Russland (Country) German, Norwegian
Derived from the medieval state of Rus and land meaning "country, state". This is the German and Norwegian name for Russia.

Sachsen (Region & Political Subdivision) German
German form of Saxony.

Saksa (Country) Finnish
From German Sachsen (Saxony), used as the Finnish name of Germany.

Saudi-Arabien (Country) German, Danish
German and Danish form of Saudi Arabia.

Schottland (Country) German
German form of Scotland.

Schweden (Country) German
German form of Sweden.

Schweiz (Country) German, Swedish
From the name of the town and canton of Schwyz. This is the German and Swedish name of Switzerland.

Schwytz (Settlement & Political Subdivision) French
French form of Schwyz.

Schwyz (Settlement & Political Subdivision) German, English, Spanish
Meaning uncertain, possibly related to Old High German suedan "to burn" or possibly of Celtic origin. This is the name of a town (and a canton named for it) in central Switzerland.

Slowakei (Country) German
German form of Slovakia.

Slowenien (Country) German
German form of Slovenia.

Somalia (Country) English, Italian, Spanish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Romanian, Greek, Albanian, Indonesian, Malay
From the ethnic name Somali, of uncertain meaning. The Somali people connect it to their mythical ancestor Samaale. Italian and British colonists applied the ethnic name to the Horn of Africa region in the 19th century. It became an independent country in 1960.

Suisse (Country) French
French cognate of Schweiz, used as the French name for Switzerland.

Suiza (Country) Spanish
Spanish cognate of Schweiz. This is the Spanish name for Switzerland.

Švajcarija (Country) Macedonian
Macedonian form of Schweiz, used as the Macedonian name for Switzerland.

Švajcarska (Country) Serbian
Serbian form of Schweiz, used as the Serbian name for Switzerland.

Švicarska (Country) Croatian
Croatian form of Schweiz, used as the Croatian name for Switzerland.

Svitto (Settlement & Political Subdivision) Italian
Italian form of Schwyz.

Svizzera (Country) Italian
Italian cognate of Schweiz, used as the Italian name for Switzerland.

Switz (Settlement) Medieval German
Medieval German form of Schwyz.

Switzerland (Country) English
From Switzer, a word meaning "Swiss", ultimately derived from the name of the Swiss town and canton of Schwyz, plus land. This is the name of a country in central Europe.

Thailand (Country) English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Combination of Thai and land. This is the name of a country in southeastern Asia, formerly called Siam.

Tschechoslowakei (Country) German
German form of Czechoslovakia.

Vereinigtes Königreich (Country) German
German calque of United Kingdom (using the adjective vereinigt meaning "united"). It is written with the definite article das.

Vereinigte Staaten (Country) German
German calque of United States (using the adjective vereinigt meaning "united"). It is written with the definite article die.

Weißrussland (Country) German
Means "white Russia", a German calque of Belarus.

Zwitserland (Country) Dutch
Dutch form of Switzerland.